Beyond Freedom’s Reach : : A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery / / Adam Rothman.
After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera’s owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera’s quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospec...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Edition: | Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 8 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Cast of Characters -- Prologue -- 1. Pointe Coupée -- 2. New Orleans -- 3. War -- 4. Justice -- 5. Reunion -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Abbreviations. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Appendix. Rose Herera’s Petition -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera’s owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera’s quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674425132 9783110665901 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674425132 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Adam Rothman. |